Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा दक्षं समासीनं देवैब्रह्मर्षिभिः सह । उवाच स वृषारूढो दक्षं वीरः स्मयन्निव

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā dakṣaṃ samāsīnaṃ devaibrahmarṣibhiḥ saha | uvāca sa vṛṣārūḍho dakṣaṃ vīraḥ smayanniva

Translation

Ao ver Dakṣa sentado junto dos deuses e dos brahmarṣis, aquele herói, montado num touro, dirigiu-se a Dakṣa como se sorrisse.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाले (having done/after seeing)

• दक्षम्: Dakṣa
• दक्षम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (object)

• समासीनम्: seated
• समासीनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समासीन (कृदन्त; √आस् (धातु) with उपसर्ग सम्+आ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle in active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'दक्षम्' इति विशेषणम्

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instrumental/associative)

• ब्रह्मर्षिभिः: with the brahmarṣis
• ब्रह्मर्षिभिः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः ब्रह्मणः ऋषयः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha/Association marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-शब्दः (postposition), सहकारक-निर्देशक (with)

• उवाच: said, spoke
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (pronoun)

• वृषारूढः: mounted on the bull
• वृषारूढः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष-आरोढ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √रुह् (धातु) + आ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः वृषे आरूढः इति सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः

• दक्षम्: to Dakṣa
• दक्षम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वीरः: the hero
• वीरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्मयन्: smiling
• स्मयन्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्मि (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'वीरः/सः' इति विशेषणम्

• इव: as if
• इव: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta tradition)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa sits enthroned amid gods and brahmarṣis in the sacrificial hall; a bull-mounted heroic Śaiva figure arrives and addresses him with a faint, confident smile, the assembly turning in tense attention.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Devas
• Brahmarṣis
• Gaṇa leader (vṛṣārūḍha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer authority and assembly approval cannot shield adharmic exclusion of Śiva; truth confronts power directly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The frame remains Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, where such episodes underline Śaiva sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces a direct address within the yajña narrative.